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Sanctioned Oil Tanker Hijacked And Taken To Iran
Tsvetana Paraskova - Jul 15, 2020 https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Sanctioned-Oil-Tanker-Hijacke...

An oil tanker tied to a sanctioned Iranian individual and under arrest in UAE waters has recently left the UAE port in violation of a Prohibition to Sail notice and has been hijacked, seafarers’ organization Human Rights at Sea told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Italian coastguard and cargo ship ‘ignored stricken migrant boat’
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo 15 Jul 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/italian-coastguard-and-car...

Aerial pictures by NGO show vessels a mile away from migrants left drifting for more than 40 hours

The Gulf of Guinea is now the world’s worst piracy hotspot
Jun 29th 2019 https://www.economist.com/international/2019/06/29/the-gulf-of-guinea-is...

PH crew change woes still unresolved
Genivi Factao July 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/07/15/business/maritime-business/ph-cre...

Manning agencies are still finding it difficult to effect “crew change” in the country, citing the apparent lack of coordination between implementing agencies and the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

Cruise ship in port to repatriate crew
14 July 2020 https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/cruise-ship-in-port-to-repatriate-...

PHILIPSBURG--Cruise ship Independence of the Seas will be in port today, Wednesday, to repatriate her crew. This is the second cruise ship in the past week to utilise Port St. Maarten to facilitate repatriating her crew back to their home countries.

Financial lessons from a seafarer’s wife
Yashika F. Torib July 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/07/15/business/maritime-business/financ...

'Mental health crisis' of cargo ship workers stuck at sea
Amanda Cropp Jul 15 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122102394/mental-health-crisis-of-cargo...

Seafarer welfare groups warn of a growing mental health crisis on cargo ships where crews have gone months without setting foot ashore.

Video: Two Cargo Ships in Head-On Collision on Welland Canal
07-12-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/video-two-cargo-ships-in-head...

2 accidents in SEA: cargo ship broke in two, sank; cargo ship collided with fv
Mikhail Voytenko July 14, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/07/14/2-accidents-in-sea-cargo-shi...

General cargo ship sank in Gulf of Tonkin
General cargo ship in load broke in two and sank at night Jul 13, rough weather said to be the cause. All crew were rescued by nearby fishing vessel, they’re safe.

The Philippines as a maritime power hub
Thomas M. Orbos July 13, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/07/13/the-philippines-as-a-maritime-p...